Hypocrisy and prejudice compel a principled mulatto teacher to desert a steady job and a socially prominent fiance

Clare Kendry, a beautiful light-skinned African American woman married to a white man who is unaware of her heritage, long ago cut all ties to her past, but a reunion with a childhood friend forces her to confront her lies.

Gathers three stories and two novels by Larsen, an influential writer of the Harlem Renaissance, including Passing, about a light-skinned beauty who has spent years passing as white, and Quicksand, in which a young mulatto searches for a place she can call home, in a volume that also briefly describes her background. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

Gathers three stories and two novels by Larsen, an influential writer of the Harlem Renaissance, and briefly describes her background

Two novels of 1920s Harlem describe Helga Crane's search for freedom and personal expression, and Irene's friendship with Clare, who attempts to pass for white